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General Info: Kelly and Knaplund promotes a unique blend of professional expertise and candid and honest exchange, creating an environment that encourages practical solutions. The firm's practice encompasses: Divorce LitigationSeparation AgreementsPre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial AgreementsDomestic PartnershipsChild SupportCustody and VisitationAdoptionGuardianshipResidential Real EstateEstate Planning Kelly and Knaplund offers assistance in the following circumstances: a family crisis, impending divorce, new marriage, estate planning. These significant events change lives, and our firm guides our clients towards a positive, successful outcome. The firm is experienced and skilled at: Giving you optionsFinding practical solutionsResolving disputes without court involvementSettling child support mattersCreating custody agreements/parenting plans fair to parents and childrenProtecting assetsReducing debtsAvoiding excessive legal fees
Location: Gracemere Road is across from Kraft Foods on South Broadway (Route 9). Go up Gracemere, past the stop sign, to a white house on the left just before the top of the hill.
Accreditation: New York Bar Association,WBASNY,Westchester Women's Bar,Westchester County Bar,NYACP
Associations: New York Bar Association Women's Bar Association of the State of New York Westchester County Bar Association Westchester Women's Bar Association Int'l Academy of Collaborative Professionals New York Assoc. of Collaborative Professionals Bar Admissions: New York, 1972 Second Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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Phone: (914) 631-2657

Address: 103 Gracemere, Tarrytown, NY 10591

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Divorce
With more than 35 years of experience handling divorce and family law cases, Mary F. Kelly, Esq. can give you options and candid advice throughout the litigation process.
Child Support
Negotiating child support with your spouse can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to tear apart your family. New York State has child support guidelines based on percentage of the parents’ total income that many families follow, but the law also allows parents to work out reasonable support arrangements based on their own needs and the best interests of the children. An expert Westchester child support attorney at Kelly & Knaplund can guide your family to a fair and reasonable support arrangement.
Child Custody and Visitation
Custody of your children is one of the most sensitive topics in a divorce. In New York State, the court awards custody based on the best interests of the child, with no legal presumption that one parent is better than the other, or that joint custody is better than sole custody. New York courts use various factors to determine the best interests of the child and, in contested cases, a judge will appoint an Attorney for the Child, who is responsible for communicating the child’s wishes and desires to the court. At Kelly & Knaplund, a Westchester family law attorney will help you settle custody and visitation as amicably as possible with your spouse.
Adoption
In private-placement adoptions, no government agency is involved. These take place when adoptive parents find a child through a private agency or personal network. In step-parent adoptions, a child is adopted by a spouse of one of the birth parents. Second-parent adoptions usually involve the “second parent” in a same-sex couple who might not otherwise be considered a legal parent. Grandparent adoptions are, of course, when the parents of a birth parent adopt a child. In international adoptions, the child is born in a different country. Adult adoptions often take place so the adult “child” can inherit money or property. Mary F. Kelly has decades of experience with private-placement, step-parent, second-parent, grandparent, international and adult adoptions.
Premarital Agreement
At Kelly & Knaplund, we know that finances are a sensitive topic, and a Westchester prenuptial agreement lawyer will help you discuss and negotiate issues that you and your fiance should address but may disagree on. Each person must be represented by his or her own lawyer when negotiating a prenuptial agreement.
Guardianship
At some point, you may need the authority to make decisions for your adult special needs or disabled child. To do this in New York State, you will need to file a guardianship petition in the Supreme Court. It is important to consult with a lawyer who can assist you with estate planning and guardianship for special needs adults.
Spousal Support
With over 40 years of experience as a family law lawyer in the White Plains, NY area, Mary F. Kelly, Esq. helps people with family law issues like divorce, custody, child and spousal support, property division, and orders of protection.

Restraining Order
If there is cash in the safe, your divorce attorney may be able to seek a restraining order directing the sheriff or police to remove the safe immediately from the home and impound it in a secure location. Once that happens, the court will order the safe to be opened and the contents disclosed. However, if your spouse gets any inkling of your plans, he or she may remove the cash, or the safe, first.

Social Security Disability
Special needs adults need estate planning, too. The most important document is a special needs trust or supplemental needs trust. It is a trust that allows you to fund expenses for your child while they are receiving governmental benefits (such as Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income) without displacing those benefits.

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
At Kelly & Knaplund, we can help you prepare for your family’s future. We are skilled and knowledgeable about revising your will after a second marriage or divorce, setting up a special needs trust and other special circumstances. Our goal is to give you options for your will so you can meet your personal and financial goals. Contact an estate planning attorney at Kelly & Knaplund today at (914) 631-2657 or info@kellyandknaplund.com.
Wills
We also prepare wills, as well as living wills, which protect your wishes in the event you are not medically able to make a decision yourself. Planning for yourself and your heirs is a hard but
Trusts
Power of Attorney

Tax Law
If your spouse appears to be siphoning significant amounts of cash from a business and declaring unusual or suspiciously low income on his or her tax returns, consider filing separate returns. You do not want to be part of tax issues like fraud or failure to report income that could come to the attention of the IRS.

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